Bottle-capping device.



O. W. CAREY. BOTTLE OAPPING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED 116.30, 190s.

Patehted Dec. 20, 1910.

UNI-TED @TATES PAlThlhl T QFFIQE CHARLES W. CAREY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CAREY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BOTTLE-CAIPING DEVICE.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 is a longitudinal section, partly in elevas tion, of the device shown in the position of pressing a cap upon a bottle; Fig. 2 is a plan of the device; Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig, l the bottle not being shown; and Fig. 4; is'a section on line 4-4:

of Fig. 1.

In the said drawings, A and B are two arms hinged together at C, and form What might be called nut-cracker arms. Each arm has .a recess in-its side, so that when the two are brought together theyform a circular o ening D, in which is held the neck' .of the ottle E." These recesses are lined with some. ,soft material, as rubber or leather, said, material being designated by the character F. The'object of this soft material is to prevent the arms, which are usually made of metal, from coming into physical contact with the neck of the bottle when the bottle is grasped and held by the said arms'A and B. The pivoting pin C is in the form of an eye-bolt, to which is -secured another eye-bolt C, running through an arm H. The eye-bolts C and C are heldin place .by nuts on their outer ends, and it will be evident that by adjusting these nuts the arm H may be brought nearer to or moved farther from the arms A and B. The arm H is thus pivoted to the other arms A and B, and the movement of the last arm is perpendicular to the direction of move ment of the arms A and 'B. The arm H has a circular opening J therein directly opposite the opening D in the arms A and B.

In operating the device, the bottle is filled in the ordinary manner, and then is grasped Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Egg, 2Q), 1914), Application filed August 30, 1909.

Serial No. 515,125.

over this cap, so that the cap is pushed through the opening J. This movement will force the cap onto the bottle in the manner well known. Another Way of designating the operation of this device is to say that the arms A and B form nut-cracker arms adapted to grasp and hold vthe neck of a bottle; also that the arms A and B taken together form one arm, a1 id the arm H with it forms another arm, so that these two together form other nut-cracker arms, the action of? which is to force the cap upon the bottle.

What I claim is l. A bottle-capping device consisting a; three armshinged together and movafi? with respect to each other, two of said ans-'31 being arranged to engage and hold the neck of. a bottle and the third arm being arranged to fore; cap upon the bottle by causing the head or the bottle to pass into an opening therein while the same is being held by the first mentioned arms.

2. In a bottle-capping device, a pair of hinged arms for grasping and holding the neck of a bottle, and athird arm hinged to said pair of arms, said third arm being provided with an opening adapted to receive a cap and to force the same into position on the head of the bottle held by said pair of arms.

3. In a bottle-capping device, a pairof arms hinged together and provided with recesses adapted to engage the neck of a bottle and to firmly hold such bottle when the free ends of the arms are brought together, a third arm hinged to the previously mentioned arms and provided with an opening for receiving the head of a bottle when the free end of the last mentioned arm is moved toward the free ends of the arms grasping the neck of the bottle.

4. In a bottle-capping device, devices for engaging and holding the neck of a bottle, a cap forcing armhinged to said devices, and means by which the hinged connection between said devices and said arm maybe adjusted so as to bring said arm nearer to or move it farther from said devices.

5. In a bottle-capping device, a pair of hinged arms for grasping and holding the neck of a bottle beneath the head and against longitudinal movement thereof, and a third arm movable to and from the first mentioned arm's, said third arm having an opening therein with which the head of the bottle may ass and by means of which a cap is hinged connection between said third lever forced upon and around the head of the and the first mentioned levers so arranged bottle; I that the .third lever cooperates with the 6. In a bottle c'a ping device, a pair of other levers after the manner of nut-cracker 15 5 levers in the form 0 nut-cracker arms adaptarms.

ed to grasp and hold the neck of the bottle Signed at Chicago, Ill. this 14th day of adjacent to and beneath the head thereof, a July 1909.

third-lever provided with an opening-into CHARLES W. CAREY. whichthe head of the bottle may pass and Witnesses: 10 by means ofwhich passin actiona cap may C. L. REMIELD,

be forced over and aroun such head, and a j WALTER REDFIELD. 

